EnglishGrammar: Phrasal Verb

Match the phrasal verbs given in List-I with their meanings given in…

Match the phrasal verbs given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II.

List-I (Phrasal verbs)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) Bow out	(I) to become clear to someone for the first time
(B) Rattle off	(II) to praise someone too much in order to get a favour
(C) Butter up	(III) to say a list of things quickly, from memory
(D) Dawn on	(IV) to withdraw from an activity or position

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

A phrasal verb is a verb joined with a small word such as up, out or together. The two words together have a new meaning.

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) Bow out	(IV) to withdraw from an activity or position	Bow out means to leave an activity or a post, often after a long time in it.	The senior spinner bowed out of Test cricket after his hundredth match.
(B) Rattle off	(III) to say a list of things quickly, from memory	Rattle off means to say many things fast, one after another, without stopping to think.	Little Ishaan can rattle off the names of all the planets.
(C) Butter up	(II) to praise someone too much in order to get a favour	Butter up means to say very nice things to a person so that they will do something for you.	Riya buttered up her elder sister to borrow her new jacket.
(D) Dawn on	(I) to become clear to someone for the first time	Dawn on means that a fact suddenly becomes clear to a person.	Halfway to the station, it dawned on me that my ticket was still at home.

Match the phrasal verbs given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II.

List-I (Phrasal verbs)	List-II (Meanings)
(A) Bow out	(I) to become clear to someone for the first time
(B) Rattle off	(II) to praise someone too much in order to get a favour
(C) Butter up	(III) to say a list of things quickly, from memory
(D) Dawn on	(IV) to withdraw from an activity or position

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

A phrasal verb is a verb joined with a small word such as up, out or together. The two words together have a new meaning.

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) Bow out	(IV) to withdraw from an activity or position	Bow out means to leave an activity or a post, often after a long time in it.	The senior spinner bowed out of Test cricket after his hundredth match.
(B) Rattle off	(III) to say a list of things quickly, from memory	Rattle off means to say many things fast, one after another, without stopping to think.	Little Ishaan can rattle off the names of all the planets.
(C) Butter up	(II) to praise someone too much in order to get a favour	Butter up means to say very nice things to a person so that they will do something for you.	Riya buttered up her elder sister to borrow her new jacket.
(D) Dawn on	(I) to become clear to someone for the first time	Dawn on means that a fact suddenly becomes clear to a person.	Halfway to the station, it dawned on me that my ticket was still at home.